Qing Chuan's cousin is reborn
Chapter 69 Chapter 69
Yunrou exchanged [-] copper coins and [-] taels of silver, except for the [-] Wen she promised to the woman before, she spent all the [-] copper coins.
The woman got three pennies for nothing, and the woman said happily: "I order this to buy vegetables every day. If you come back tomorrow, I will take you with me."
Yun Rouxin said that there would be no next time, but she said: "Thank you, auntie, but my family is small and I don't eat much. I still have a lot of things to clean up at home. I don't know if I will come tomorrow."
She was worried that this aunt felt that she had money to make and waited for her specially. She would definitely not come again in the future. If she didn't make it clear, it would be a waste of people waiting.
She said it tactfully, and the aunt understood it, and there was nothing else except a little regret.Don't pick and choose based on her bad speech, it's still very clear when you look at things.
Saying goodbye to the aunt, Yunrou took the vegetable basket to the place where she got off the car and waited. She thought she would have to wait for a while, but she didn't think that the emperor and the prince would have returned long ago.She was the latest of the three to come back.
Yun Rou's vegetable basket was covered with a blue floral cloth, and no one could see what she had bought, but she could see that her vegetable basket was high and raised, so she must have gained a lot.
Walking to the side of the carriage, Yun Rou subconsciously looked at the basket beside the emperor, they agreed today that lunch will be made with the things they bought, and whoever buys it will eat it.
The vegetable basket at Kangxi's feet was also covered with rags, but it was shriveled and he knew that he didn't buy as many things as Yunrou.
Yunrou looked away, and Kangxi coughed lightly, "Then what, we can't just look at how much we bought, right?" Then he lifted the floral cloth, "Look, fresh fish, there are delicious ones here today Hey. Look at how lively this fish is, how energetic it is. This fish only cost [-] Wen, isn't it cheap?" After speaking, he seemed to have taken advantage of it, and motioned Prince Yunrou to open his basket.
He spent half of the money on a fish, and the remaining five hundred Wen also bought some vegetables and eggs, and of course he bought some meat.In this way, eggs and fish are complete.
Such a lunch is poor for an emperor.But he came here by calculation, these dishes are enough for him to eat with the main food.
The emperor went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and he also learned how to bargain with the woman in the inner house. He thought it was quite new.
Yinfeng's complexion is not very good-looking, he is not afraid of people's jokes when he goes to the vegetable market to tell the prince.He thought Khan Ama was really crazy, and actually took him to buy vegetables.The dignified emperor bargained for a few pennies.
He followed the same road as the emperor, and he followed near the emperor, and now his mind is still full of Khan Ama's face of bargaining with others.
Too disillusioned.
It's fine if Khan Ama is willing to accompany Concubine Yun Shu to go crazy, but she also pulls him along.The crown prince couldn't get rid of that face, so he just pointed at something carelessly and gave the silver to finish the job.
He loves to eat meat. He bought a few catties of pork ribs and a chicken for a tael of silver, and it was all spent.
It was Yunrou's turn, and when she gently opened the basket, Kangxi laughed immediately, "Haha, you don't buy as many of these things as I do. What's the matter? Are you being taken advantage of?" Speaking of being taken advantage of, he even looked at the prince. One glance, that look speaks for itself.
Yunrou didn't rush, she pointed at the dishes in the basket and quoted prices one by one, and finally took out the remaining eight renminbi, "I'm sorry Your Majesty, I only spent two hundred coins for these."
There is also a fish in Yunrou's basket, which looks no smaller than the emperor's.With the woman's help, she took down the fish for only [-] Wen.The rest is to buy meat and spend sixty Wen.The meat she bought was leaner and less fat, which was cheaper, and she happened to see that the ribs at the stall were good, so she bought another two catties of ribs.
Because she bought a lot, as the woman said, the stall owner gave her a big stick bone.
It really didn't cost much to buy vegetables and eggs.
Looking at the fish and ribs in Yunrou's basket, Kangxi and the prince's expressions changed, Kangxi said: "Impossible, you must have cheated, or your fish is not fresh, otherwise how could it be so cheap?"
Five hundred yuan a fish, Kangxi also felt that it was expensive, but he visited several stalls that were almost the same price.He really wanted to eat it, and finally bought it.At that time, he still thought, the fish in the imperial dining room is also at the same price, what does this mean?It shows that he is still accurate in judging people, and they didn't take much back.
How come Yunrou can buy so many things with two hundred coins.
Kangxi said he did not believe it.
Yun Rou pointed to the clothes on the emperor's body and pointed to the clothes of the common people who came in and out, "Your majesty, you still don't understand that you are dressed like an aristocrat, and others will know that you are not an ordinary person. The asking price is naturally high. To put it bluntly, killing you once can be worth the money they earned for several days, so why don't they do it?"
This is considered good for the emperor, but it was even worse for the prince to be slaughtered.The pork ribs in the crown prince's basket can be no more than three catties, and the normal price will not exceed [-] yuan, and the crown prince has spent a tael of silver on these things.
When he came out, he was full of enthusiasm, but when he went back, he was in a daze. When the dishes were served, Kangxi found that the things raised by the common people were no different from those bought by the imperial dining room, and his face was even more ugly.
Yun Rou didn't bother her either, she finished her meal silently and prepared to go back to Yongshou Palace.Unexpectedly, Kangxi followed, "I will go with you to meet those stewards."
When the emperor saw what the steward was doing, Yunrou knew it well.She mourned in silence for those in charge, and only hoped that they could withstand the emperor's anger.
Kangxi was really angry, and furious.Those stewards before could be said to be concubines cronyism and abuse of power, but today these people are all single-handedly promoted by him.But what about these people?Still fooling him.
He raised his foot and kicked over a manager in charge of purchasing, "A chicken is only a few hundred pennies, and you quoted five taels, and you took all my money to fill your own pockets? And you, you will give me vegetables for a penny. After more than a dozen times, you can tell me that your dish is cultivated by gold?"
"I know that the imperial dining room is not clean, and even none of the ministers in the previous court did not hug money, but what? I never expected that you would hug like this. Good, very good."
Kangxi was angry, so he had people beat up the people in charge of purchasing, and the people who beat them cried and cried.He wanted to replace these people, but was stopped by Yunrou, who said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it will be difficult for us to find people for a while, so why not keep them first, I think they will not dare to do this after this time." Deceiving the Holy Majesty. Besides, if we change people, how do we know that group of people will not be the same as these people?"
She felt that there was no one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was not greedy, and it was better to keep this group of people than to replace them.I believe that this group of people were scared out of their wits after going through the emperor's few boards, and they will definitely not dare to be so blatant in the future.
Kangxi took a deep breath, looked at the people below with a gloomy face, and then waved his hands, "You guys are the first offenders, so let's forget it this time. You will pay back the money you left behind. I won't blame the past, and I will definitely take it as a warning in the future. Do your job well. If you are caught by me again, I will not spare you."
He suddenly thought of a good idea, isn't the price reported by the imperial dining room more than ten times more expensive, so he cut it down to one-tenth, and paid the money according to this every day.
The people in the imperial dining room felt bitter, and someone said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this, this price..." Let alone lucrative prices, it would be good if you don't pay yourself.
Kangxi felt that this method was very good, "Why? Can't you do it? If you can't do it, I believe that some people can do it." The implication is that if you can't do it, replace it.With so many people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he couldn't believe that he couldn't find a suitable one.
He looked at the person who spoke and snorted coldly: "You are just looking at me and don't know the price, so you are lying." No matter the price is too low, the price he gave is still lucrative, but compared to the previous It's just a lot less.
He is not your ruthless emperor, those ministers in the court, he is not just dealing with those who are greedy, turning a blind eye to others, pretending not to see.
After angering the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kangxi went back, but the managers under him dared not leave.
Yunrou lightly put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Okay, the emperor has said what should be said, the previous account books will be sent to this palace, and all new account books will be used tomorrow, and the price will be according to what the emperor said. .Everyone, are you okay?"
"The slave obeys the order." Have a question?Do they dare to say there is a problem?They could see that, whoever said that Concubine Yun Shu is weak and deceitful, not only is she not weak, but she will also draw her salary from the bottom of the pot.Let the emperor speak to re-set the price, blocking all the loopholes they want to take advantage of.
But they also couldn't understand, what good would it do for Concubine Yun Shu to do this?
They can't be greedy anymore, and they can't be filial when they go up.
What is the intention of the imperial concubine in power?Isn't it the filial piety of the people below?
What is Yunroutu?She really didn't like the so-called 'filial piety'.She knew that if she pretended not to see it, she would definitely get a lot of money every year.The money is enough for her and even her future children to live well.
But those are not as important as the emperor's impression.If she wants to climb up, she must be different. She wants to let the emperor see that she is really thinking about the emperor, and she is not trying to repay her wholeheartedness. She is different from those women.
Only in this way can the emperor remember her.
Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. These people in the imperial dining room are always so good at exploiting.
For example, Wu Concubine and Guo Concubine, who are used to eating the dishes only available to concubines, are somewhat disdainful of the concubine's portion, and they want extra meals.The dishes that could be ordered for a tael of silver in the past have now doubled in price.
You say it's expensive, but you don't have to eat it if it's too expensive.The money given by the emperor is limited, and there are not as many things to buy as before. Rare things are more expensive. The imperial dining room has been nervous recently, and I like to eat.
Yunrou saw all this, and the emperor knew that he wanted to stop it, but he didn't know what he thought of, and then he pretended not to see it.
At first, the people in the imperial dining room just tried to raise a little money, but when they found that neither Yunrou nor the emperor responded, they understood.The price increase is blatant.
Not everyone dared to increase their prices so outrageously, such as Concubine Tong, Yun Rou and other three concubines, the same dishes in their palace were much cheaper.Especially Yunrou, she can eat whatever she wants, and never charges money.
Since setting the price for the imperial dining room, Kangxi has become used to coming to Yongshou Palace to look at the account books every day, calculating how much money he has saved today, and how much this money can do for the common people.
Looking at the current accounts, he took a deep breath before comparing.
He always knew that Yunrou was for him wholeheartedly, she was different from those women.
A few more days passed like this, and finally when the sweet potatoes and potatoes were ripe, the emperor announced that he would take the elder brother and other ministers to Huangzhuang to harvest them himself.
The environment in Huangzhuang is good, and it happens that the queen mother is having a bitter summer, so he plans to take the queen mother out for a walk to see the scenery.The empress dowager followed, and the concubines mistakenly thought that the emperor would take a long time to come back this time, and all of them were wandering outside in all their dolls.
Concubine Xuan pointed to the concubine who did not know how many concubines passed by the gate of Yongshou Palace, "Look at them, they look like peacocks." Concubine Xuan's words were a little bitter, these people still have a chance to dress up, and she entered the palace I haven't been out once in so many years.In the past, she had hoped that the emperor would take her with her, but after a long time, she no longer had such a hope.
Yunrou couldn't see the gloom on her face, she said: "Sister really wants to go? I think they will regret it." The emperor has not calmed down about the matter of the imperial dining room. At this time, he is looking for a sense of existence. comfortable.Besides, the emperor is going to do farm work this time, and the emperor has already gone to the fields in person, so how can they watch?
If they were allowed to go to the ground, what would these people do?It's just exhausting myself to death.
Concubine Xuan said: "It's a lie to say that I don't want to go out. I always want to see what it looks like outside the palace." She is used to being in the grassland. She yearns for freedom and likes to be free. It is alive, not as it is now.
Yunrou originally wanted to say that if you really want to go, she can help, but the emperor still owes her a condition.However, before she could open her mouth, she received an imperial decree that the emperor ordered all the concubines in the harem to go.There is one in the harem, including Guo Concubine and Wu Concubine who are still grounded, all follow.
Since Concubine Guo and Concubine Wu are both counted, Concubine Xuan must also be counted.
Concubine Xuan: ...
Happiness came so fast, she suddenly couldn't believe it.
Concubine Xuan was in a hurry when she went out for the first time. She always felt that she should take everything with her.
"I'm afraid my sister doesn't know that the emperor's visit to Huangzhuang is not for fun. You'd better bring two coarse clothes that can work. If the emperor asks us to go to work in the fields, will you wear a cheongsam and a flowerpot bottom? "She has a good relationship with Concubine Xuan, and she ordered Concubine Xuan's mother to find some light clothes.
Concubine Xuan seemed to have found the backbone, and immediately ordered, "Whatever you are still doing in a daze, do it according to Concubine Yun Shu's instructions."
The two of them mainly wore light clothes, and they also brought a few sets of cumbersome palace clothes for emergencies.There are not many salutes to pack up.
Since the whole palace was mobilized, the emperor simply asked the concubines to gather at Concubine Tong, and they set off early in the morning, and they would wait until noon at Huangzhuang.In the afternoon there was just some work to do.
Yun Rou and Concubine Xuan arrived not too early or too late, they were almost blinded when they entered the side hall of Chengqian Palace.Those concubines and nobles all dressed up brightly, for fear that others would not notice them.
Concubine Xuan leaned into Yunrou's ear, "These concubines wear all their belongings on their heads for many years." Since she entered the palace early, she knew a little about the situation of these concubines.Most concubines are not well-off, and they dress very low-key when they go out on weekdays.
Yun Rou glanced over, and then she glanced at Concubine Zhang Shu who was behind Concubine Xuan.Concubine Zhang is the most exaggerated dress among all concubines.She also had to be pampered for a period of time in her early years, and she had a lot of good things on hand, and now she put them all on her head.The clothes on his body didn't look like they were newly rewarded, but they were also extremely valuable.
Those who didn't know thought it was the concubine.
On the contrary, it was the real concubines, Guo Luoluo and Wu Ya, who were dressed very low-key.They sat there with a stern face and a smile on their faces, allowing everyone to look at them.
Seeing Concubine Xuan and Concubine Yunrou approaching, the smile on Wu Concubine's face just paused for a moment and then hung on again, "I have seen Concubine Xuan and Concubine Yun Shu." I don't know if she did it on purpose or not. Why, Concubine Xuan was actually put at the front.
This is the advantage of the emperor not saying it clearly, no one can make a mistake with her like this, if Yun Rou is serious, she will appear petty.If you don't see the action, you will default to the ranking, and you are the last of the four concubines.
She thinks she is good at guessing people's hearts, and Yunrou must also be an ambitious woman, but this woman is better at disguising than her, and no one has seen through it so far.
Deliberately putting concubine Xuan at the front, inadvertently provoking a few words when recruiting people, I believe that the relationship between the two is self-destructing.
The emperor clearly found out the 'facts', but Zhang Jiashi never got angry, and her confinement was nowhere in sight, so Wu Bin was anxious.
Concubine Xuan stretched out her hand to gently tug on Yun Rou, she had seen Wu Bin's little trick a lot, so she didn't take it to heart at all.
The same is true for Yunrou. Concubine Xuan is older than herself, so she should be called sister respectfully.She didn't think there was anything special about the double-character title.Wu Bin is just flirting with blind people, it's useless.
Compared with Wu Pin, Guo Luoluo is much more honest even though he is unwilling in his heart.She was half a beat slower than Wu Bin because she didn't know what to call her.
Although it is just a sequence, it is also very important to the concubine.
Others don't understand Wu Bin, how could Guo Bin, who has been fighting with her for more than ten years, not understand, and when she found out Wu Bin's carefulness, she simply followed behind and said hello.In any case, there was Wu Bin who stood in front of him when something happened.
Concubine Xuan tugged Yunrou's hand, motioning Yunrou to speak.Yunrou said expressionlessly, "Get up."
There is still business today, and both of them feel that it doesn't matter one after the other, and they are not going to make trouble because of this.
The concubines are his women anyway, the emperor specially arranged a carriage for them, the concubines and Chang Zai didn't have a special carriage, so three or four people sat together.The other empress concubines naturally rode in exclusive carriages.
It would be boring to sit alone for half a day's journey, Concubine Xuan and Yun Rou made up their minds, and the two simply sat together.
After wandering along the way, I finally arrived at Huangzhuang after two hours.
The emperor's Zhuangzi is very big, and it can be tilted ten times by visual inspection.In addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, there are other crops grown on the Zhuangzi. Behind the Zhuangzi is a small hillside, where chickens, ducks, geese and other small animals are kept.
Concubine Xuan was eager to try, "Fortunately, I brought a bow and arrow. Let's go hunting in a while and have dinner at night."
She hadn't stopped smiling since she got off the carriage, breathing the fresh air, she felt alive again.
Yun Rou pointed to the vast land, "Look at the crops all over the ground, I think you will definitely fall asleep today and have no time to hunt at all."
The emperor had sent a message in advance, they didn't come for fun, they had to follow them to the ground.Others may not take it seriously, but Yunrou knows that what the emperor said is true.
The scene of doing farm work for the first time is still vivid in my memory. At that time, she only worked for half an hour and was so tired that she didn't want to get up for three days.
hunt?
Wait until next time.
Yunrou's words came true very quickly, and Kangxi changed his clothes not long after lunch, and it seemed that he was going to go to the field.
Concubine Xuan looked at the big sun outside, and opened her mouth wide, "Isn't it, I'm going to go to the ground at this hour?" Standing outside on a hot day, she felt profuse in sweat.work?Don't pass out from the heat.
Yunrou wrapped her hair up, and then helped Concubine Xuan tidy her hair.He said in his mouth, "It looks like it is."
It's the middle of the day, and the pocket watch shows four o'clock.
In fact, Kangxi has already taken good care of them when he came out to work.The harvest in the field waits for no one, and the common people work after eating in order to catch up with the work.
Don't they know it's hot?But there is no way, they also need to survive.
The imaginary look of the princes wearing brocade robes did not appear. Everyone was dressed in cotton clothes, and the fourth prince was the most beautiful.He was wearing gray coarse clothes, and he was a little out of place among a group of princes.
Yunrou couldn't help but glanced a few more times, and Concubine Xuan said: "That is the fourth elder brother. I heard that the emperor will bring the emperor's elder brothers to work every year. The fourth elder brother is the most hardworking, and he gets the most praise from the emperor." She Misunderstood that Yunrou didn't know the fourth elder brother, so she opened her mouth to explain.
In the eyes of everyone, Brother Si is the most practical person.
After all, it was the grown-up elder brother, Yun Rou turned her head after taking a few glances.The reason why she pays attention to the fourth elder brother is that besides the special dress of the fourth elder brother, there is also the description of the fourth elder brother in the book.
In that book, the fourth elder brother is a scheming man, and he has a purpose in everything he does.
After sweeping past the princes, she turned to look at the concubines beside her. Except for her and concubine Xuan who were wearing coarse clothes suitable for work, the others were all dressed more gorgeously, especially those concubines who were not on their heads. Wearing pearls and emeralds means wearing the bottom of a flower pot on your feet.
Compared with them, Tong Guifei and others standing in front are too normal.At least they had put on flat shoes, and there were only a few hairpins left on their heads.
Kangxi reached out to invite He Wensheng, "This is He Wensheng, he is most familiar with sweet potatoes and potatoes, now let him teach you how to harvest."
He Wensheng greeted everyone first, and then took the lead in demonstrating.He explained as he spoke, three times in a row, he said: "My lords, do you understand, if you don't understand, I will explain it a few more times."
Harvesting sweet potatoes seems to be a very simple matter, and I don't want to admit that I am a fool in front of so many people, and they all nod repeatedly.
Kangxi rolled up his sleeves, "Now that you understand everything, let's start. My ugly words are up front, and no one is allowed to go back until these sweet potatoes and potatoes are confiscated. Let's learn from the common people, work at sunrise and rest at sunset."
The woman got three pennies for nothing, and the woman said happily: "I order this to buy vegetables every day. If you come back tomorrow, I will take you with me."
Yun Rouxin said that there would be no next time, but she said: "Thank you, auntie, but my family is small and I don't eat much. I still have a lot of things to clean up at home. I don't know if I will come tomorrow."
She was worried that this aunt felt that she had money to make and waited for her specially. She would definitely not come again in the future. If she didn't make it clear, it would be a waste of people waiting.
She said it tactfully, and the aunt understood it, and there was nothing else except a little regret.Don't pick and choose based on her bad speech, it's still very clear when you look at things.
Saying goodbye to the aunt, Yunrou took the vegetable basket to the place where she got off the car and waited. She thought she would have to wait for a while, but she didn't think that the emperor and the prince would have returned long ago.She was the latest of the three to come back.
Yun Rou's vegetable basket was covered with a blue floral cloth, and no one could see what she had bought, but she could see that her vegetable basket was high and raised, so she must have gained a lot.
Walking to the side of the carriage, Yun Rou subconsciously looked at the basket beside the emperor, they agreed today that lunch will be made with the things they bought, and whoever buys it will eat it.
The vegetable basket at Kangxi's feet was also covered with rags, but it was shriveled and he knew that he didn't buy as many things as Yunrou.
Yunrou looked away, and Kangxi coughed lightly, "Then what, we can't just look at how much we bought, right?" Then he lifted the floral cloth, "Look, fresh fish, there are delicious ones here today Hey. Look at how lively this fish is, how energetic it is. This fish only cost [-] Wen, isn't it cheap?" After speaking, he seemed to have taken advantage of it, and motioned Prince Yunrou to open his basket.
He spent half of the money on a fish, and the remaining five hundred Wen also bought some vegetables and eggs, and of course he bought some meat.In this way, eggs and fish are complete.
Such a lunch is poor for an emperor.But he came here by calculation, these dishes are enough for him to eat with the main food.
The emperor went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and he also learned how to bargain with the woman in the inner house. He thought it was quite new.
Yinfeng's complexion is not very good-looking, he is not afraid of people's jokes when he goes to the vegetable market to tell the prince.He thought Khan Ama was really crazy, and actually took him to buy vegetables.The dignified emperor bargained for a few pennies.
He followed the same road as the emperor, and he followed near the emperor, and now his mind is still full of Khan Ama's face of bargaining with others.
Too disillusioned.
It's fine if Khan Ama is willing to accompany Concubine Yun Shu to go crazy, but she also pulls him along.The crown prince couldn't get rid of that face, so he just pointed at something carelessly and gave the silver to finish the job.
He loves to eat meat. He bought a few catties of pork ribs and a chicken for a tael of silver, and it was all spent.
It was Yunrou's turn, and when she gently opened the basket, Kangxi laughed immediately, "Haha, you don't buy as many of these things as I do. What's the matter? Are you being taken advantage of?" Speaking of being taken advantage of, he even looked at the prince. One glance, that look speaks for itself.
Yunrou didn't rush, she pointed at the dishes in the basket and quoted prices one by one, and finally took out the remaining eight renminbi, "I'm sorry Your Majesty, I only spent two hundred coins for these."
There is also a fish in Yunrou's basket, which looks no smaller than the emperor's.With the woman's help, she took down the fish for only [-] Wen.The rest is to buy meat and spend sixty Wen.The meat she bought was leaner and less fat, which was cheaper, and she happened to see that the ribs at the stall were good, so she bought another two catties of ribs.
Because she bought a lot, as the woman said, the stall owner gave her a big stick bone.
It really didn't cost much to buy vegetables and eggs.
Looking at the fish and ribs in Yunrou's basket, Kangxi and the prince's expressions changed, Kangxi said: "Impossible, you must have cheated, or your fish is not fresh, otherwise how could it be so cheap?"
Five hundred yuan a fish, Kangxi also felt that it was expensive, but he visited several stalls that were almost the same price.He really wanted to eat it, and finally bought it.At that time, he still thought, the fish in the imperial dining room is also at the same price, what does this mean?It shows that he is still accurate in judging people, and they didn't take much back.
How come Yunrou can buy so many things with two hundred coins.
Kangxi said he did not believe it.
Yun Rou pointed to the clothes on the emperor's body and pointed to the clothes of the common people who came in and out, "Your majesty, you still don't understand that you are dressed like an aristocrat, and others will know that you are not an ordinary person. The asking price is naturally high. To put it bluntly, killing you once can be worth the money they earned for several days, so why don't they do it?"
This is considered good for the emperor, but it was even worse for the prince to be slaughtered.The pork ribs in the crown prince's basket can be no more than three catties, and the normal price will not exceed [-] yuan, and the crown prince has spent a tael of silver on these things.
When he came out, he was full of enthusiasm, but when he went back, he was in a daze. When the dishes were served, Kangxi found that the things raised by the common people were no different from those bought by the imperial dining room, and his face was even more ugly.
Yun Rou didn't bother her either, she finished her meal silently and prepared to go back to Yongshou Palace.Unexpectedly, Kangxi followed, "I will go with you to meet those stewards."
When the emperor saw what the steward was doing, Yunrou knew it well.She mourned in silence for those in charge, and only hoped that they could withstand the emperor's anger.
Kangxi was really angry, and furious.Those stewards before could be said to be concubines cronyism and abuse of power, but today these people are all single-handedly promoted by him.But what about these people?Still fooling him.
He raised his foot and kicked over a manager in charge of purchasing, "A chicken is only a few hundred pennies, and you quoted five taels, and you took all my money to fill your own pockets? And you, you will give me vegetables for a penny. After more than a dozen times, you can tell me that your dish is cultivated by gold?"
"I know that the imperial dining room is not clean, and even none of the ministers in the previous court did not hug money, but what? I never expected that you would hug like this. Good, very good."
Kangxi was angry, so he had people beat up the people in charge of purchasing, and the people who beat them cried and cried.He wanted to replace these people, but was stopped by Yunrou, who said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it will be difficult for us to find people for a while, so why not keep them first, I think they will not dare to do this after this time." Deceiving the Holy Majesty. Besides, if we change people, how do we know that group of people will not be the same as these people?"
She felt that there was no one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was not greedy, and it was better to keep this group of people than to replace them.I believe that this group of people were scared out of their wits after going through the emperor's few boards, and they will definitely not dare to be so blatant in the future.
Kangxi took a deep breath, looked at the people below with a gloomy face, and then waved his hands, "You guys are the first offenders, so let's forget it this time. You will pay back the money you left behind. I won't blame the past, and I will definitely take it as a warning in the future. Do your job well. If you are caught by me again, I will not spare you."
He suddenly thought of a good idea, isn't the price reported by the imperial dining room more than ten times more expensive, so he cut it down to one-tenth, and paid the money according to this every day.
The people in the imperial dining room felt bitter, and someone said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this, this price..." Let alone lucrative prices, it would be good if you don't pay yourself.
Kangxi felt that this method was very good, "Why? Can't you do it? If you can't do it, I believe that some people can do it." The implication is that if you can't do it, replace it.With so many people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he couldn't believe that he couldn't find a suitable one.
He looked at the person who spoke and snorted coldly: "You are just looking at me and don't know the price, so you are lying." No matter the price is too low, the price he gave is still lucrative, but compared to the previous It's just a lot less.
He is not your ruthless emperor, those ministers in the court, he is not just dealing with those who are greedy, turning a blind eye to others, pretending not to see.
After angering the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kangxi went back, but the managers under him dared not leave.
Yunrou lightly put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Okay, the emperor has said what should be said, the previous account books will be sent to this palace, and all new account books will be used tomorrow, and the price will be according to what the emperor said. .Everyone, are you okay?"
"The slave obeys the order." Have a question?Do they dare to say there is a problem?They could see that, whoever said that Concubine Yun Shu is weak and deceitful, not only is she not weak, but she will also draw her salary from the bottom of the pot.Let the emperor speak to re-set the price, blocking all the loopholes they want to take advantage of.
But they also couldn't understand, what good would it do for Concubine Yun Shu to do this?
They can't be greedy anymore, and they can't be filial when they go up.
What is the intention of the imperial concubine in power?Isn't it the filial piety of the people below?
What is Yunroutu?She really didn't like the so-called 'filial piety'.She knew that if she pretended not to see it, she would definitely get a lot of money every year.The money is enough for her and even her future children to live well.
But those are not as important as the emperor's impression.If she wants to climb up, she must be different. She wants to let the emperor see that she is really thinking about the emperor, and she is not trying to repay her wholeheartedness. She is different from those women.
Only in this way can the emperor remember her.
Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. These people in the imperial dining room are always so good at exploiting.
For example, Wu Concubine and Guo Concubine, who are used to eating the dishes only available to concubines, are somewhat disdainful of the concubine's portion, and they want extra meals.The dishes that could be ordered for a tael of silver in the past have now doubled in price.
You say it's expensive, but you don't have to eat it if it's too expensive.The money given by the emperor is limited, and there are not as many things to buy as before. Rare things are more expensive. The imperial dining room has been nervous recently, and I like to eat.
Yunrou saw all this, and the emperor knew that he wanted to stop it, but he didn't know what he thought of, and then he pretended not to see it.
At first, the people in the imperial dining room just tried to raise a little money, but when they found that neither Yunrou nor the emperor responded, they understood.The price increase is blatant.
Not everyone dared to increase their prices so outrageously, such as Concubine Tong, Yun Rou and other three concubines, the same dishes in their palace were much cheaper.Especially Yunrou, she can eat whatever she wants, and never charges money.
Since setting the price for the imperial dining room, Kangxi has become used to coming to Yongshou Palace to look at the account books every day, calculating how much money he has saved today, and how much this money can do for the common people.
Looking at the current accounts, he took a deep breath before comparing.
He always knew that Yunrou was for him wholeheartedly, she was different from those women.
A few more days passed like this, and finally when the sweet potatoes and potatoes were ripe, the emperor announced that he would take the elder brother and other ministers to Huangzhuang to harvest them himself.
The environment in Huangzhuang is good, and it happens that the queen mother is having a bitter summer, so he plans to take the queen mother out for a walk to see the scenery.The empress dowager followed, and the concubines mistakenly thought that the emperor would take a long time to come back this time, and all of them were wandering outside in all their dolls.
Concubine Xuan pointed to the concubine who did not know how many concubines passed by the gate of Yongshou Palace, "Look at them, they look like peacocks." Concubine Xuan's words were a little bitter, these people still have a chance to dress up, and she entered the palace I haven't been out once in so many years.In the past, she had hoped that the emperor would take her with her, but after a long time, she no longer had such a hope.
Yunrou couldn't see the gloom on her face, she said: "Sister really wants to go? I think they will regret it." The emperor has not calmed down about the matter of the imperial dining room. At this time, he is looking for a sense of existence. comfortable.Besides, the emperor is going to do farm work this time, and the emperor has already gone to the fields in person, so how can they watch?
If they were allowed to go to the ground, what would these people do?It's just exhausting myself to death.
Concubine Xuan said: "It's a lie to say that I don't want to go out. I always want to see what it looks like outside the palace." She is used to being in the grassland. She yearns for freedom and likes to be free. It is alive, not as it is now.
Yunrou originally wanted to say that if you really want to go, she can help, but the emperor still owes her a condition.However, before she could open her mouth, she received an imperial decree that the emperor ordered all the concubines in the harem to go.There is one in the harem, including Guo Concubine and Wu Concubine who are still grounded, all follow.
Since Concubine Guo and Concubine Wu are both counted, Concubine Xuan must also be counted.
Concubine Xuan: ...
Happiness came so fast, she suddenly couldn't believe it.
Concubine Xuan was in a hurry when she went out for the first time. She always felt that she should take everything with her.
"I'm afraid my sister doesn't know that the emperor's visit to Huangzhuang is not for fun. You'd better bring two coarse clothes that can work. If the emperor asks us to go to work in the fields, will you wear a cheongsam and a flowerpot bottom? "She has a good relationship with Concubine Xuan, and she ordered Concubine Xuan's mother to find some light clothes.
Concubine Xuan seemed to have found the backbone, and immediately ordered, "Whatever you are still doing in a daze, do it according to Concubine Yun Shu's instructions."
The two of them mainly wore light clothes, and they also brought a few sets of cumbersome palace clothes for emergencies.There are not many salutes to pack up.
Since the whole palace was mobilized, the emperor simply asked the concubines to gather at Concubine Tong, and they set off early in the morning, and they would wait until noon at Huangzhuang.In the afternoon there was just some work to do.
Yun Rou and Concubine Xuan arrived not too early or too late, they were almost blinded when they entered the side hall of Chengqian Palace.Those concubines and nobles all dressed up brightly, for fear that others would not notice them.
Concubine Xuan leaned into Yunrou's ear, "These concubines wear all their belongings on their heads for many years." Since she entered the palace early, she knew a little about the situation of these concubines.Most concubines are not well-off, and they dress very low-key when they go out on weekdays.
Yun Rou glanced over, and then she glanced at Concubine Zhang Shu who was behind Concubine Xuan.Concubine Zhang is the most exaggerated dress among all concubines.She also had to be pampered for a period of time in her early years, and she had a lot of good things on hand, and now she put them all on her head.The clothes on his body didn't look like they were newly rewarded, but they were also extremely valuable.
Those who didn't know thought it was the concubine.
On the contrary, it was the real concubines, Guo Luoluo and Wu Ya, who were dressed very low-key.They sat there with a stern face and a smile on their faces, allowing everyone to look at them.
Seeing Concubine Xuan and Concubine Yunrou approaching, the smile on Wu Concubine's face just paused for a moment and then hung on again, "I have seen Concubine Xuan and Concubine Yun Shu." I don't know if she did it on purpose or not. Why, Concubine Xuan was actually put at the front.
This is the advantage of the emperor not saying it clearly, no one can make a mistake with her like this, if Yun Rou is serious, she will appear petty.If you don't see the action, you will default to the ranking, and you are the last of the four concubines.
She thinks she is good at guessing people's hearts, and Yunrou must also be an ambitious woman, but this woman is better at disguising than her, and no one has seen through it so far.
Deliberately putting concubine Xuan at the front, inadvertently provoking a few words when recruiting people, I believe that the relationship between the two is self-destructing.
The emperor clearly found out the 'facts', but Zhang Jiashi never got angry, and her confinement was nowhere in sight, so Wu Bin was anxious.
Concubine Xuan stretched out her hand to gently tug on Yun Rou, she had seen Wu Bin's little trick a lot, so she didn't take it to heart at all.
The same is true for Yunrou. Concubine Xuan is older than herself, so she should be called sister respectfully.She didn't think there was anything special about the double-character title.Wu Bin is just flirting with blind people, it's useless.
Compared with Wu Pin, Guo Luoluo is much more honest even though he is unwilling in his heart.She was half a beat slower than Wu Bin because she didn't know what to call her.
Although it is just a sequence, it is also very important to the concubine.
Others don't understand Wu Bin, how could Guo Bin, who has been fighting with her for more than ten years, not understand, and when she found out Wu Bin's carefulness, she simply followed behind and said hello.In any case, there was Wu Bin who stood in front of him when something happened.
Concubine Xuan tugged Yunrou's hand, motioning Yunrou to speak.Yunrou said expressionlessly, "Get up."
There is still business today, and both of them feel that it doesn't matter one after the other, and they are not going to make trouble because of this.
The concubines are his women anyway, the emperor specially arranged a carriage for them, the concubines and Chang Zai didn't have a special carriage, so three or four people sat together.The other empress concubines naturally rode in exclusive carriages.
It would be boring to sit alone for half a day's journey, Concubine Xuan and Yun Rou made up their minds, and the two simply sat together.
After wandering along the way, I finally arrived at Huangzhuang after two hours.
The emperor's Zhuangzi is very big, and it can be tilted ten times by visual inspection.In addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, there are other crops grown on the Zhuangzi. Behind the Zhuangzi is a small hillside, where chickens, ducks, geese and other small animals are kept.
Concubine Xuan was eager to try, "Fortunately, I brought a bow and arrow. Let's go hunting in a while and have dinner at night."
She hadn't stopped smiling since she got off the carriage, breathing the fresh air, she felt alive again.
Yun Rou pointed to the vast land, "Look at the crops all over the ground, I think you will definitely fall asleep today and have no time to hunt at all."
The emperor had sent a message in advance, they didn't come for fun, they had to follow them to the ground.Others may not take it seriously, but Yunrou knows that what the emperor said is true.
The scene of doing farm work for the first time is still vivid in my memory. At that time, she only worked for half an hour and was so tired that she didn't want to get up for three days.
hunt?
Wait until next time.
Yunrou's words came true very quickly, and Kangxi changed his clothes not long after lunch, and it seemed that he was going to go to the field.
Concubine Xuan looked at the big sun outside, and opened her mouth wide, "Isn't it, I'm going to go to the ground at this hour?" Standing outside on a hot day, she felt profuse in sweat.work?Don't pass out from the heat.
Yunrou wrapped her hair up, and then helped Concubine Xuan tidy her hair.He said in his mouth, "It looks like it is."
It's the middle of the day, and the pocket watch shows four o'clock.
In fact, Kangxi has already taken good care of them when he came out to work.The harvest in the field waits for no one, and the common people work after eating in order to catch up with the work.
Don't they know it's hot?But there is no way, they also need to survive.
The imaginary look of the princes wearing brocade robes did not appear. Everyone was dressed in cotton clothes, and the fourth prince was the most beautiful.He was wearing gray coarse clothes, and he was a little out of place among a group of princes.
Yunrou couldn't help but glanced a few more times, and Concubine Xuan said: "That is the fourth elder brother. I heard that the emperor will bring the emperor's elder brothers to work every year. The fourth elder brother is the most hardworking, and he gets the most praise from the emperor." She Misunderstood that Yunrou didn't know the fourth elder brother, so she opened her mouth to explain.
In the eyes of everyone, Brother Si is the most practical person.
After all, it was the grown-up elder brother, Yun Rou turned her head after taking a few glances.The reason why she pays attention to the fourth elder brother is that besides the special dress of the fourth elder brother, there is also the description of the fourth elder brother in the book.
In that book, the fourth elder brother is a scheming man, and he has a purpose in everything he does.
After sweeping past the princes, she turned to look at the concubines beside her. Except for her and concubine Xuan who were wearing coarse clothes suitable for work, the others were all dressed more gorgeously, especially those concubines who were not on their heads. Wearing pearls and emeralds means wearing the bottom of a flower pot on your feet.
Compared with them, Tong Guifei and others standing in front are too normal.At least they had put on flat shoes, and there were only a few hairpins left on their heads.
Kangxi reached out to invite He Wensheng, "This is He Wensheng, he is most familiar with sweet potatoes and potatoes, now let him teach you how to harvest."
He Wensheng greeted everyone first, and then took the lead in demonstrating.He explained as he spoke, three times in a row, he said: "My lords, do you understand, if you don't understand, I will explain it a few more times."
Harvesting sweet potatoes seems to be a very simple matter, and I don't want to admit that I am a fool in front of so many people, and they all nod repeatedly.
Kangxi rolled up his sleeves, "Now that you understand everything, let's start. My ugly words are up front, and no one is allowed to go back until these sweet potatoes and potatoes are confiscated. Let's learn from the common people, work at sunrise and rest at sunset."
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